Sprint Nextel – Segmenting the Prepaid Market – Right or Wrong?
May 7, 2010
Sprint Nextel Adds Prepaid Cellphone Brand | online.wsj.com
Sprint Nextel is taking aggressive and proactive steps towards better defining the prepaid market; smart idea.
Sprint – Is Prepaid a Force in the Future? – Is Dan Hesse Correct?
May 6, 2010
Sprint: It's a prepaid world | connectedplanetonline.com
I am an advocate for prepaid services. The prepaid marketplace is not the refuge of the lower economic strata; the prepaid market is where customers go when they wish to have greater control over the fees they pay and services they use. In the 1990s, folks with poor credit ratings used prepaid; there was a stigma about prepaid.
Fairpoint Wants to Go Back on its Word – What is Fairpoint Facing?
May 5, 2010
FairPoint Wants to Renege on Terms of Verizon Merger | www.billingworld.com
What Fairpoint is asking for is not unreasonable from a creditor’s or equity holder’s perspective. In restructuring, the request is a “request for relief”.
Motorola – Recovering; Now Facing H-P/Palm – Trouble?
May 2, 2010
Sales Fall but Motorola Is Upbeat | online.wsj.com
I once said, Motorola needs time to turn itself around. The turnaround is occurring but now Motorola is facing stiff competition.
H-P Buys Palm – Good Move or a Gamble?
April 29, 2010
H-P Gambles on Ailing Palm | online.wsj.com
Here I am thinking the Chinese (Lenovo, etc.) was going to buy Palm. Then H-P goes and ruins that assumption.
RIM – Blackberry is Crackberry No Longer – We Have Gone through Withdrawal
April 28, 2010
RIM Tries to Close Gap on Software | online.wsj.com
No one should be surprised that RIM would fire back at detractors and those picking on it, like me. Once an addictive device that never had any trouble finding users, today the Blackberry is having trouble finding customer. The Blackberry is no longer the Crackberry. The iPhone, Motorola’s Droid, HTC’s EVO, HTC’s Nexus, etc., have all served as the methadone for Crackberry addicts.
CenturyTel – Did it Make the Right Decision? A Message For Rural Carriers
April 26, 2010
CenturyTel Gambles on Qwest Merger | online.wsj.com
Glen Post III made a bold decision to invest in the landline business even more so than he has already. Across the industry, analysts and telecom professionals are either scratching their heads or applauding the action.
April 17, 2010
The iPad Revolution: Naysayers Miss the Big Picture | seekingalpha.com
I have always been a big supporter of the tablet concept. In past GLG postings and my own site’s postings I have sung the praises of the tablet. Of course, when I say “tablet” I am going back about a decade when Microsoft was actively promoting the concept. Now were there other companies that were promoting the tablet concept? I am sure there were but I just cannot recall who they were at this time.
Sprint and Verizon – Carry More Data Than AT&T Mobility
April 16, 2010
Report: Sprint, VZW Carry More Data Than AT&T | www.wirelessweek.com
According to ABI Research of the three big cellular carriers in the USA, AT&T carried less data traffic than either Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel. That is not exactly a catastrophe because you are sort of comparing apples and oranges.
Twitter Rolls Out Ads – The Impact on the Wireless/Landline Carriers and OSS
April 15, 2010
Twitter Rolls Out Ads | online.wsj.com
In the past have opined on Twitter’s valuation; wondering how and why the company’s original valuation was set at $1 Billion. You can read my past postings for those opinions. One of the things I had been wondering is how the site would generate real revenue. In general, I have had the same opinions about social networking and collaboration sites. However, there is a bigger issue for the carriers.
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